CN105444222B

CN105444222B - Cooking control method, system, Cloud Server and the micro-wave oven of micro-wave oven

Info

Publication number: CN105444222B
Application number: CN201510925339.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈娟慧
Original assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: Midea Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2015-12-11
Filing date: 2015-12-11
Publication date: 2017-11-14
Anticipated expiration: 2035-12-11
Also published as: CN105444222A

Abstract

The invention discloses a kind of cooking control method of micro-wave oven, system, Cloud Server and micro-wave oven, wherein, method includes：The image information and weight information of food materials in micro-wave oven collection micro-wave oven, and send to Cloud Server；Cloud Server calculates the density of food materials according to the image information and weight information of food materials；Cloud Server calculates the type of food materials according to the density of food materials；Cloud Server optimal heat time and heating mode according to corresponding to the type of food materials calculates food materials, and send to micro-wave oven or control the application program of micro-wave oven.The type of the food materials in micro-wave oven Intelligent Recognition micro-wave oven is the method achieve, and intelligent heating is carried out to food materials according to the type of food materials so that user improves Consumer's Experience without the manually operated heating with regard to that can be more suitable for food materials.

Description

Cooking control method and system of microwave oven, cloud server and microwave oven

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of microwave ovens, in particular to a cooking control method and system of a microwave oven, a cloud server and the microwave oven.

Background

The microwave oven is a device for heating food materials, which is commonly used in production and life of people at present, and a user can heat the food materials by selecting a heating time and a heating mode (such as high fire, medium fire, low fire and the like), for example, the user heats steamed bread for one minute by using the microwave oven. However, if the microwave oven heats the food material only according to the heating mode and the heating time selected by the user, when the heating time selected by the user is too long or too short, or the heating mode is not appropriate, the food material may be burnt or not heated thoroughly, which causes waste of resources or may bring adverse effects to the health of the user.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the present invention is to solve at least to some extent one of the above mentioned technical problems.

To this end, a first object of the present invention is to propose a cooking control method of a microwave oven. According to the method, the type of the food material in the microwave oven can be intelligently identified, the food material is intelligently heated according to the type of the food material, so that a user can heat the food material more suitably without manual operation, and the user experience is improved.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a cooking control system of a microwave oven.

The third purpose of the invention is to provide a cloud server.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a microwave oven.

To achieve the above object, a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention includes: the method comprises the steps that a microwave oven collects image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and sends the image information and the weight information to a cloud server; the cloud server calculates the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material; the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density of the food material; and the cloud server calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controls an application program of the microwave oven.

According to the cooking control method of the microwave oven, the density of the food material is calculated through the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, which are acquired by the cloud server, the type of the food material is calculated according to the density of the food material, so that the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material are calculated according to the type of the food material, and the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material.

In addition, in one embodiment of the invention, the microwave oven acquires the odor of the food material and transmits the odor to the cloud server, wherein the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density and the odor of the food material.

In an embodiment of the present invention, after the cloud server calculates an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controls an application program of the microwave oven, the method further includes: displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode on top of the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven; and the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven receives a confirmation or adjustment instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and heating mode, and starts to work according to the heating time and the heating mode after the confirmation or adjustment.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cooking control method of a microwave oven further includes: the method comprises the steps of collecting initial temperature of the food materials when the food materials are placed into the microwave oven and sending the initial temperature to the cloud server, wherein the cloud server calculates optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food materials according to the types of the food materials and the initial temperature.

To achieve the above object, a cooking control system of a microwave oven according to a second aspect of the present invention includes: the system comprises a microwave oven and a cloud server, wherein the microwave oven is used for acquiring image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and sending the image information and the weight information to the cloud server; the cloud server is used for calculating the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material, calculating the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sending the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controlling an application program of the microwave oven.

According to the cooking control system of the microwave oven, the cloud server is used for calculating the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, which are acquired by the microwave oven, and further calculating the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, so that the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material are calculated according to the type of the food material, and the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material.

Additionally, in one embodiment of the present invention, the microwave oven is further configured to: acquiring the smell of the food material and sending the smell to the cloud server; the cloud server is specifically used for calculating the type of the food material according to the density and the smell of the food material.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the cooking control system of the microwave oven further includes: calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material by the cloud server, and displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode through the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven after the optimal heating time and heating mode are sent to the microwave oven or the application program controlling the microwave oven; and the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven receives a confirmation or adjustment instruction of a user for the optimal heating time and heating mode, and starts to work according to the heating time and the heating mode after the confirmation or adjustment.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the microwave oven is further configured to: collecting the initial temperature of the food materials when the food materials are placed in the microwave oven and sending the initial temperature to the cloud server; the cloud server is specifically used for calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the initial temperature.

To achieve the above object, a cloud server according to an embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention includes: the acquisition module is used for acquiring image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven; the first calculating module is used for calculating the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material; the second calculating module is used for calculating the type of the food material according to the density of the food material; the third calculating module is used for calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material; and the transmitting module is used for transmitting the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material to the microwave oven or controlling an application program of the microwave oven.

According to the cloud server provided by the embodiment of the invention, the first computing module is used for computing the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, which are acquired by the acquiring module, the second computing module is used for computing the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, the third computing module is used for computing the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, the transmitting module is used for transmitting the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material to the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, and then the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material, so that the method realizes intelligent identification of the type of the food material, can intelligently heat the food material according to the type of the food material, enables the food material to be heated more suitably, the user experience is improved.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining module is further configured to: obtaining the smell of the food material; the second calculating module is specifically used for calculating the type of the food material according to the density and the smell of the food material.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the obtaining module is further configured to: acquiring the initial temperature of the food material when the food material is put into the microwave oven; the third calculating module is specifically configured to calculate an optimal heating time and a heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the initial temperature.

To achieve the above object, a microwave oven according to a fourth aspect of the present invention includes: the acquisition module is used for acquiring image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven; the transmitting module is used for transmitting the image information and the weight information to a cloud server so that the cloud server can calculate the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information, calculate the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, and calculate the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material; the first receiving module is used for receiving the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material sent by the cloud server.

According to the microwave oven disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, which are acquired by the acquisition module, are transmitted to the cloud server by the transmission module, the cloud server calculates the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, and further calculates the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, so that the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material are calculated according to the type of the food material, the first receiving module receives the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material, which are transmitted by the cloud server, and further the microwave oven heats the food material according to the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material, so that the method realizes intelligent identification of the type of the food material, can intelligently heat the food material according to the type of the food material, and enables, the health of the user is benefited, and the user experience is improved.

Additionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the acquisition module is further configured to: obtaining the smell of the food material; the sending module is further used for sending the odor of the food material to the cloud server so that the cloud server can calculate the type of the food material according to the density and the odor of the food material.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the microwave oven further comprises: the display module is used for displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode received by the first receiving module; the second receiving module is used for receiving confirmation or adjustment instructions of the user for the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode; and the control module is used for starting to work according to the heating time and the heating mode after the confirmation or the adjustment.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the acquisition module is further configured to: collecting the initial temperature of the food material when the food material is put into the microwave oven; the sending module is further configured to send the initial temperature to the cloud server, so that the cloud server calculates an optimal heating time and an optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the initial temperature.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which,

fig. 1 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to still another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a cooking control system of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a cloud server according to one embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals: the system comprises a microwave oven 500, a cloud server 600, an acquisition module 510, a sending module 520, a first receiving module 530, a display module 540, a second receiving module 550, a control module 560, an acquisition module 610, a first computing module 620, a second computing module 630, a third computing module 640 and a sending module 650.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are illustrative and intended to be illustrative of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.

A cooking control method and system of a microwave oven, a cloud server, and a microwave oven according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the microwave oven in the embodiment of the present invention not only has the intelligent heating function described in the embodiment of the present invention, but also has various fixed heating functions of the conventional microwave oven, such as having heating menu options, for example, thawing, popcorn, stewing fish, etc.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, the cooking control method of the microwave oven includes:

s110, the microwave oven collects image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and sends the image information and the weight information to a cloud server.

Specifically, the microwave oven collects image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven to be sent to the cloud server, the cloud server further analyzes the food materials in the microwave oven, and it can be understood that the microwave oven is provided with a plurality of cameras for collecting images of a plurality of angles of the food materials in the microwave oven, and in addition, it can be understood that a weight sensor is arranged on a tray for placing the food materials in the microwave oven, and the tray is used for measuring the weight information of the food materials.

And S120, calculating the density of the food material by the cloud server according to the image information and the weight information of the food material.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, a cloud server creates a three-dimensional image of a food material according to image data points of image information of a plurality of angles of the food material uploaded by a microwave oven, so as to extract a volume of the food material according to the created three-dimensional image, and further, a density of the food material may be calculated according to a formula ρ ═ m/v, where ρ represents the density, m represents a mass (or weight) of an object, and v represents the volume of the object, and the density of the food material is obtained by the cloud server according to the obtained volume and weight information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, an infrared sensor may be disposed in the microwave oven for detecting a shape of a container in which the food material is placed in the microwave oven, and if the food material placed in the microwave oven is fluid, the volume of the food material may be calculated according to the shape of the container in which the food material is placed.

S130, the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density of the food material.

Specifically, the cloud server stores a large amount of relevant data of various food materials, the relevant data comprises the densities of the various food materials, food material types corresponding to the densities and the like, and the cloud server can identify the types of the food materials in the microwave oven by matching the calculated densities of the food materials with the data stored by the cloud server.

The information of the food material type may be attribute information of the food material, for example, the food material is a green vegetable dish, or the food material is a meat dish, and the food material is a milk beverage, etc. It can be understood that since the density of each food material is different, for example, the density of meat products is greater than that of vegetables, the type of food material can be identified according to the density of the food material, or since the density of the same food material is different according to the cooking manner, for example, the density of porridge made of rice and the density of cooked rice are different, the cooking type of food material can be calculated according to the density of the food material, that is, the type of food material includes the category of food material made by identifying different cooking manners of the same food material.

And S140, the cloud server calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controls an application program of the microwave oven.

Specifically, the cloud server stores relevant data of optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to different food materials, and the optimal heating time and heating mode suitable for the food materials to be heated in the microwave oven are obtained by matching the obtained food material types with the relevant information stored in the cloud server.

It can be understood that, due to the fact that the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode are different for different food materials, for example, the optimal heating time of porridge and the optimal heating time of rice are different, and the appropriate heating mode for each food material is different, for example, for frozen dishes, the taste and effect of heating the food materials by using the heating mode of thawing with big fire and heating with medium fire are the best, that is, the heating mode is selected according to the type of the food materials and comprises various combinations of heating modes such as, but not limited to, big fire, medium fire and low fire, and the food materials can be heated more appropriately by matching the optimal heating time with the heating mode.

Alternatively, in an embodiment of the present invention, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material can be selected according to the type of the food material and the size of the container in which the food material is placed, which is detected by the infrared sensor, for example, the heating time of the food material placed in the rice bucket is longer than that of the food material placed in the dish.

Further, the cloud server sends the obtained optimal heating time and heating mode of the food material in the microwave oven to the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, wherein it can be understood that the application program for controlling the microwave oven is an application program installed on the terminal device, and a user controls the microwave oven through operation on the application program. It should be noted that the terminal device may be a hardware device with various operating systems, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, and a wearable device, and the wearable device may be an intelligent bracelet, an intelligent watch, an intelligent glasses, and the like.

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to identify the food material more accurately, in the embodiment of the invention, the odor of the food material can be further acquired, and the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the odor and the density of the food material. Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the cooking control method of the microwave oven includes:

s210, the microwave oven collects image information, weight information and smell of food materials in the microwave oven and sends the image information, the weight information and the smell to a cloud server.

Specifically, an odor sensor is arranged in the microwave oven, odor information of the food materials is detected through the odor sensor, and the odor information is sent to a cloud server, so that the cloud server can further analyze the food materials in the microwave oven.

It can be understood that the odors of different food materials are different, and the odors of the same food material made by different cooking modes are also different.

S220, the cloud server calculates the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material.

And S230, calculating the type of the food material according to the density and the smell of the food material by the cloud server.

It can be understood that a large amount of data related to various food materials are stored in the cloud server, the data related to various food materials comprise the density and the odor information of various food materials, and the odor and the density information of the food materials are matched with the data stored in the cloud server to obtain the food material type of the food materials. It can be understood that the odor and the density of different food materials are different, and the odor and the density of the same food material made by different cooking modes are also different.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the type of the food material includes a cooking manner of the food material, and the cooking manner of the food material is determined according to the density and the smell information of the food material, for example, whether the food material in the microwave oven is a cooking food or a frying food is determined, and different optimal heating time and heating mode are selected according to different cooking manners of the food material, for example, the frying food material needs to be heated by a small fire, the heating time cannot be too long, and the like.

Alternatively, in an embodiment of the present invention, whether the food material is suitable for heating processing may be identified according to the odor information of the food material, for example, if it is identified that the type of the food material to be heated in the current microwave oven is an alcoholic beverage, it may be determined that the food material is not suitable for heating processing, and a warning message may be issued to the user without performing heating operation thereon.

And S240, the cloud server calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controls an application program of the microwave oven.

According to the cooking control method of the microwave oven, the odor of the food material in the microwave oven is collected, so that the cloud server can calculate the type of the food material according to the odor and the density of the food material, the type (including a cooking mode and the like) of the food material in the microwave oven can be more accurately identified, the food material can be more accurately intelligently heated according to the type of the food material, and the user experience is further improved.

Fig. 3 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In order to enable a user to know the optimal heating time and the heating mode of the current food material more clearly and intuitively and enable the heated food material to meet the personalized requirements of the user, in the embodiment of the invention, the optimal heating time and the heating mode can be displayed on the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, an adjustment or confirmation instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and the heating mode is received, and the operation is started according to the adjusted or confirmed heating time and heating mode. Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the cooking control method of the microwave oven includes:

s310, the microwave oven collects image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and sends the image information and the weight information to a cloud server.

And S320, calculating the density of the food material by the cloud server according to the image information and the weight information of the food material.

S330, the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density of the food material.

And S340, calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material by the cloud server, and sending the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controlling an application program of the microwave oven.

S350, displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode on the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the microwave oven is provided with a screen or has a function of a voice broadcasting device, and the microwave oven can display the optimal heating time and heating mode of the current food material in a text form on the screen of the microwave oven or broadcast the optimal heating time and heating mode of the current food material to the user in a voice manner.

And S360, the microwave oven or the application program for controlling the microwave oven receives the adjustment or confirmation instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and heating mode, and starts to work according to the heating time and heating mode after the adjustment or confirmation.

Specifically, the user can adjust or confirm the optimal heating time and heating mode on the smart screen of the microwave oven or by sending a voice command to the microwave oven or correspondingly operating an application program for controlling the microwave oven, and it can be understood that the tastes of each user are different, for example, the user likes to heat porridge to boiling, some users like to heat porridge just thoroughly, some users like to soft, some users like to hard, or some users like to unfreeze food materials in the microwave oven, so that the microwave oven starts to operate according to the adjusted heating time and heating mode to heat food materials in the microwave oven. In addition, the user can confirm the received optimal heating time and heating mode on the screen of the microwave oven or the application program controlling the microwave oven, so that the microwave oven starts to operate according to the optimal heating time and heating mode.

According to the cooking control method of the microwave oven, the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode are displayed on the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, and the confirmation or adjustment instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode is received, so that the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the adjusted or confirmed optimal heating time and optimal heating mode, the heated food material can meet the personalized requirements of the user, and the user experience is further improved.

Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a cooking control method of a microwave oven according to still another embodiment of the present invention.

In order to obtain more suitable heating processing for the food material, in the embodiment of the invention, the initial temperature of the food material when being placed in the microwave oven can be collected and sent to the cloud server, so that the cloud server can calculate the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type and the initial temperature of the food material. Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the cooking control method of the microwave oven includes:

s410, the microwave oven collects image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and initial temperature of the food materials when the food materials are placed into the microwave oven, and sends the image information and the weight information to the cloud server.

Preferably, a temperature sensor may be provided in the microwave oven, and when a user puts food material into the microwave oven, the microwave oven may collect an initial temperature of the food material through the temperature sensor and transmit the initial temperature to the cloud server.

And S420, calculating the density of the food material by the cloud server according to the image information and the weight information of the food material.

S430, the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density and the initial temperature of the food material.

Specifically, the temperatures of different food materials correspond to different food material types, wherein in one embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server stores state information (such as temperature and the like) and density information corresponding to different states of different food materials, and the density and initial temperature of the food material are matched with the stored data to identify the type of the food material, for example, whether the food material is vegetable or meat, whether the food material is in a frozen state or a normal temperature state, or a state with a certain heat degree, such as shredded pork with a fish flavor which is not yet cooled thoroughly.

And S440, the cloud server calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controls an application program of the microwave oven.

Specifically, the cloud server selects the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, for example, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to a normal-temperature dish is different from that of a frozen dish, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to a vegetable is different from that of meat, and the like.

For example, it is estimated that the food material is frozen rice based on the initial temperature and density of the food material placed in the microwave oven, and thus the microwave oven is required to perform a thawing process and then a heating process on the rice.

According to the cooking control method of the microwave oven, the type of the food material is further analyzed according to the initial temperature of the food material when the food material is placed into the microwave oven, so that the corresponding optimal heating time and heating mode are more accurately selected according to the current state of the food material, the food material is more appropriately heated, and the user experience is further improved.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention further provides a cooking control system of a microwave oven, and fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the cooking control system of the microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 5, the cooking control system of the microwave oven includes: a microwave oven 500 and a cloud server 600.

The microwave oven 500 is configured to collect image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven, and send the image information and weight information to the cloud server.

Specifically, the microwave oven 500 collects image information and weight information of the food material in the microwave oven 500 to be sent to the cloud server 600, so that the cloud server 600 can further analyze the food material in the microwave oven 500, it can be understood that a plurality of cameras are arranged in the microwave oven 500 and used for collecting images of a plurality of angles of the food material in the microwave oven 500, and in addition, it can be understood that a weight sensor is arranged on a tray for placing the food material in the microwave oven 500 and used for measuring the weight information of the food material.

The cloud server 600 is configured to calculate the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 600 creates a three-dimensional image of the food material according to image data points of image information of multiple angles of the food material uploaded by the microwave oven 500, so as to extract a volume of the food material according to the created three-dimensional image, and further, the density of the food material may be calculated according to a formula ρ ═ m/v, where ρ represents the density, m represents the mass (or weight) of the object, and v represents the volume of the object, and the density of the food material is obtained by the cloud server 600 according to the obtained volume and weight information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, an infrared sensor may be disposed in the microwave oven 500 for detecting a shape of a container in which the food material is placed in the microwave oven 500, and if the food material placed in the microwave oven 500 is a fluid, the volume of the food material may be calculated according to the shape of the container in which the food material is placed.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 600 is further configured to calculate the type of food material according to the density of the food material.

Specifically, the cloud server 600 stores a large amount of data related to various food materials, the data including the density of each food material and the type of food material corresponding to the density, and the cloud server 600 may identify the type of food material in the microwave oven 500 by matching the calculated density of food material with the data stored in the cloud server 600.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 600 is further configured to calculate an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and send the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven 500 or an application program controlling the microwave oven 500.

Specifically, the cloud server 600 stores relevant data of optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to different food materials, and the optimal heating time and heating mode suitable for the food material to be heated in the microwave oven 500 are obtained by matching the obtained food material type with the relevant information stored in the cloud server 600.

Alternatively, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 600 may select an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the size of the container in which the food material is placed, which is detected by the infrared sensor, for example, the heating time of the food material placed in the rice bucket is longer than that of the food material placed in the dish.

Further, the cloud server 600 sends the obtained optimal heating time and heating mode of the food material in the microwave oven 500 to the microwave oven 500 or an application program for controlling the microwave oven 500, where it can be understood that the application program for controlling the microwave oven 500 is an application program installed on a terminal device, and a user controls the microwave oven 500 through an operation on the application program. It should be noted that the terminal device may be a hardware device with various operating systems, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, and a wearable device, and the wearable device may be an intelligent bracelet, an intelligent watch, an intelligent glasses, and the like.

According to the cooking control system of the microwave oven, the density of the food material is calculated through the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, which are acquired by the cloud server, the type of the food material is calculated according to the density of the food material, so that the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material are calculated according to the type of the food material, and the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material.

In one embodiment of the present invention, in order to identify the food material more accurately, the microwave oven 500 may further be configured to obtain the smell of the food material and send the smell to the cloud server 600, and the cloud server 600 calculates the type of the food material according to the smell and density of the food material.

Specifically, an odor sensor is disposed in the microwave oven 500, and odor information of the food material is detected by the odor sensor and sent to the cloud server 600, so that the cloud server 600 can further analyze the food material in the microwave oven 500.

It can be understood that the cloud server 600 stores a large amount of data related to various food materials, the data includes the density and the odor information of various food materials, and the cloud server 600 matches the odor and the density information of the food materials with the stored data to obtain the food material type of the food materials. It can be understood that the odor and the density of different food materials are different, and the odor and the density of the same food material made by different cooking modes are also different.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the type of the food material includes a cooking manner of the food material, and the cooking manner of the food material is determined according to the density and the smell information of the food material, for example, whether the food material in the microwave oven 500 is a cooking food or a frying food is determined, and different optimal heating time and heating mode are selected according to the cooking manner of the food material, such as that the frying food material needs to be heated by a small fire, and the heating time cannot be too long.

Alternatively, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 600 may identify whether the food material is suitable for being heated according to the smell information of the food material, for example, if it is identified that the type of the food material to be heated in the current microwave oven 500 is an alcoholic beverage, it may be determined that the food material is not suitable for being heated, and a warning message may be issued to the user without performing a heating operation on the food material.

According to the cooking control system of the microwave oven, the cloud server collects the smell of the food materials in the microwave oven, calculates the types of the food materials according to the smell and the density of the food materials, and can more accurately identify the types (including cooking modes and the like) of the food materials in the microwave oven, so that the food materials can be more accurately intelligently heated according to the types of the food materials, and the user experience is further improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in order to enable a user to more clearly and intuitively know the optimal heating time and heating mode of the current food material and enable the heated food material to more meet the personalized requirements of the user, the optimal heating time and heating mode may be displayed on the microwave oven 500 or an application program controlling the microwave oven 500, and an adjustment or confirmation instruction for the optimal heating time and heating mode by the user may be received, and the operation may be performed according to the adjusted or confirmed heating time and heating mode.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the microwave oven 500 is provided with a screen or has a function of a voice broadcasting device, and the microwave oven 500 may display the screen in a text form or broadcast the optimal heating time and heating mode of the current food material to the user in a voice manner, and in an embodiment of the present invention, the user may also display the optimal heating time and heating mode of the food material in the microwave oven 500 on an application program installed on the terminal device and controlling the microwave oven 500.

Further, the microwave oven 500 or an application program controlling the microwave oven 500 receives an adjustment or confirmation instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and heating mode, and starts to operate according to the heating time and heating mode after the adjustment or confirmation.

Specifically, the user may adjust or confirm the optimal heating time and heating mode on the smart screen of the microwave oven 500 or by sending a voice command to the microwave oven 500 or by controlling the application program of the microwave oven 500 accordingly, it can be understood that the tastes of each user are different, for example, the user prefers to heat porridge to boiling, some users prefer to heat porridge just thoroughly, some users prefer soft surfaces, some users prefer hard surfaces, or some users desire to thaw food materials in the microwave oven, so the microwave oven 500 operates according to the heating time and heating mode after adjustment to heat food materials in the microwave oven 500. In addition, the user may also confirm the received optimal heating time and heating mode on a screen of the microwave oven 500 or an application program controlling the microwave oven, thereby causing the microwave oven 500 to start operating according to the optimal heating time and heating mode.

According to the cooking control system of the microwave oven, the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode are displayed on the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, and the confirmation or adjustment instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode is received, so that the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the adjusted or confirmed optimal heating time and optimal heating mode, the heated food material can meet the personalized requirements of the user, and the user experience is further improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in order to enable the food material to be heated more appropriately, the microwave oven 500 may collect an initial temperature of the food material when the food material is placed in the microwave oven 500 and transmit the initial temperature to the cloud server 600, so that the cloud server 600 calculates an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type and the initial temperature of the food material.

Preferably, a temperature sensor may be disposed in the microwave oven 500, and when a user puts a food material into the microwave oven 500, the microwave oven 500 may collect an initial temperature of the food material through the temperature sensor and transmit the initial temperature to the cloud server 600.

Specifically, the temperatures of different food materials correspond to different food material types, wherein, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server 600 stores state information (such as temperature and the like) and density information corresponding to different food materials in different states, and identifies the type of the food material by matching the density and initial temperature of the food material with the stored data, for example, whether the food material is vegetable or meat, whether the food material is in a frozen state or a normal temperature state, or a state with a certain heat degree, such as shredded pork with a fish flavor that has not been cooled thoroughly.

Further, the cloud server 600 calculates an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven 500 or controls an application program of the microwave oven 500.

Specifically, the cloud server 600 selects an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, for example, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to a normal-temperature dish is different from a frozen dish, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to a vegetable is different from meat, and the like.

For example, the cloud server 600 calculates that the food material is frozen rice according to the initial temperature and density of the food material placed in the microwave oven, and thus the microwave oven is required to perform a thawing process and then a heating process on the rice.

According to the cooking control system of the microwave oven, the cloud server further analyzes the type of the food material according to the initial temperature of the food material when the food material is placed into the microwave oven, so that the corresponding optimal heating time and heating mode can be more accurately selected according to the current state of the food material, the food material is more appropriately heated, and the user experience is further improved.

In order to implement the above embodiments, the present invention further provides a cloud server, and fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of the cloud server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 6, the cloud server includes: an acquisition module 610, a first calculation module 620, a second calculation module 630, a third calculation module 640, and a sending module 650.

The obtaining module 610 is configured to obtain image information and weight information of a food material in the microwave oven.

Specifically, the obtaining module 610 obtains image information and weight information of the food material in the microwave oven collected by the microwave oven, so that the cloud server can further analyze the food material in the microwave oven, and it can be understood that a plurality of cameras are arranged in the microwave oven and used for collecting images of a plurality of angles of the food material in the microwave oven, and in addition, it can be understood that a weight sensor is arranged on a tray for placing the food material in the microwave oven and used for measuring the weight information of the food material.

The first calculating module 620 is used for calculating the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the first calculating module 620 establishes a three-dimensional image of the food material according to image data points of image information of multiple angles of the food material uploaded by the microwave oven, so as to extract a volume of the food material according to the established three-dimensional image, and further, may calculate a density of the food material according to a formula ρ ═ m/v, where ρ represents the density, m represents a mass (or weight) of the object, and v represents the volume of the object, and the density of the food material is obtained by the first calculating module 620 according to the obtained volume and weight information.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, an infrared sensor may be disposed in the microwave oven for detecting a shape of a container in which the food material is placed in the microwave oven, and if the food material placed in the microwave oven is fluid, the first calculating module 620 may calculate the volume of the food material according to the shape of the container in which the food material is placed.

A second calculating module 630, configured to calculate the type of the food material according to the density of the food material.

Specifically, the cloud server stores a large amount of data related to various food materials, the data including the density of each food material and the type of the food material corresponding to the density, and the second calculating module 630 may identify the type of the food material in the microwave oven by matching the calculated density of the food material with the data stored in the cloud server.

The third calculating module 640 is configured to calculate an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material.

Specifically, the cloud server stores relevant data of optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to different food materials, and the third calculating module 640 matches the obtained food material type with relevant information stored in the cloud server to obtain the optimal heating time and heating mode suitable for the food material to be heated in the microwave oven.

Optionally, in an embodiment of the present invention, the third calculating module 640 may select an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the size of the container in which the food material is placed, which is detected by the infrared sensor, for example, the heating time of the food material placed in the rice bucket is longer than that of the food material placed in the dish.

The transmitting module 650 is configured to transmit the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material to the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven.

Specifically, the sending module 650 sends the obtained optimal heating time and heating mode of the food material in the microwave oven to the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, where it can be understood that the application program for controlling the microwave oven is an application program installed on the terminal device, and the user controls the microwave oven through an operation on the application program. It should be noted that the terminal device may be a hardware device with various operating systems, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, and a wearable device, and the wearable device may be an intelligent bracelet, an intelligent watch, an intelligent glasses, and the like.

In the cloud server of the embodiment of the invention, the first computing module computes the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material in the microwave oven, which are obtained by the obtaining module, the second computing module computes the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, the third computing module computes the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, the sending module sends the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material to the microwave oven or a control program corresponding to the microwave oven, so that the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material, the method realizes automatic identification of the type of the food material in the microwave oven and intelligent heating of the food material according to the type of the food material, and under the condition that manual operation of a user is not needed, the food material is heated more appropriately, the user experience is improved.

In an embodiment of the invention, in order to identify the food material more accurately, the obtaining module 610 is further configured to obtain the odor of the food material, and the second calculating module 630 calculates the type of the food material according to the odor and the density of the food material.

Specifically, an odor sensor is arranged in the microwave oven, and the odor sensor detects odor information of the food material, and the obtaining module 610 obtains the odor information so that the cloud server can further analyze the food material in the microwave oven.

It can be understood that a large amount of data related to various food materials is stored in the cloud server, and the data includes density and odor information of various food materials, and the second computing module 630 obtains the food material type of the food material by matching the odor and density information of the food material with the data stored in the cloud server. It can be understood that the odor and the density of different food materials are different, and the odor and the density of the same food material made by different cooking modes are also different.

Alternatively, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server may identify whether the food material is suitable for being heated according to the smell information of the food material, for example, if the type of the food material to be heated in the current microwave oven is identified as an alcohol beverage, it may be determined that the food material is not suitable for being heated, and a warning message may be issued to the user without performing a heating operation on the food material.

According to the cloud server provided by the embodiment of the invention, the acquisition module acquires the odor of the food material in the microwave oven, so that the second calculation module calculates the type of the food material according to the odor and the density of the food material, and the type (including a cooking mode and the like) of the food material in the microwave oven can be more accurately identified, so that the intelligent heating treatment can be more accurately carried out on the food material according to the type of the food material, and the user experience is further improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in order to enable the food material to be heated more appropriately, the obtaining module 610 is further configured to obtain an initial temperature of the food material when the food material is placed into the microwave oven, and the third calculating module 640 is further configured to calculate an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type and the initial temperature of the food material.

Preferably, a temperature sensor may be disposed in the microwave oven, and when a user puts food material into the microwave oven, the microwave oven may collect an initial temperature of the food material through the temperature sensor, and the obtaining module 610 obtains the initial temperature.

Specifically, the temperatures of different food materials correspond to different food material types, wherein in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server stores state information (such as temperature, etc.) and density information corresponding to different states of different food materials, and the third calculating module 640 identifies the type of the food material by matching the density and initial temperature of the food material with the stored data, for example, whether the food material is vegetable or meat, whether the food material is in a frozen state or a normal temperature state, or in a state with a certain degree of heat, such as not-yet-cooled shredded pork with a fish flavor.

Further, the third calculating module 640 selects an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, for example, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the normal-temperature dish is different from that of the frozen dish, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the vegetable is different from that of the meat, and the like.

For example, the third calculating module 640 calculates that the food material is frozen rice according to the initial temperature and density of the food material placed in the microwave oven, so that the microwave oven is required to perform a thawing process and then a heating process on the rice.

According to the cloud server provided by the embodiment of the invention, the type of the food material is further analyzed by the third calculating module according to the initial temperature of the food material in the microwave oven, which is acquired by the acquiring module, so that the corresponding optimal heating time and heating mode can be more accurately selected according to the current state of the food material, the food material is more appropriately heated, and the user experience is further improved.

In order to realize the embodiment, the invention also provides a microwave oven. Fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of a microwave oven according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in fig. 7, the microwave oven includes: an acquisition module 510, a transmission module 520, and a first reception module 530.

The collecting module 510 is configured to collect image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven.

It can be understood that a plurality of cameras are arranged in the microwave oven, the acquisition module 510 acquires images of a plurality of angles of food materials in the microwave oven through the cameras, and in addition, it can be understood that a weight sensor is arranged on a tray for placing the food materials in the microwave oven, and the weight sensor is used for measuring the weight information of the food materials.

The sending module 520 is configured to send the image information and the weight information to the cloud server, so that the cloud server calculates the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information, calculates the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, and calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the cloud server creates a three-dimensional image of the food material according to the image data points of the image information of the food material at multiple angles sent by the sending module 520, so as to extract the volume of the food material according to the created three-dimensional image, and further, the density of the food material may be calculated according to the formula ρ ═ m/v, where ρ represents the density, m represents the mass (or weight) of the object, and v represents the volume of the object, and the density of the food material is obtained by the cloud server according to the obtained volume and weight information.

More specifically, the cloud server stores a large amount of data related to various food materials, the data including the density of each food material, the type of food material corresponding to the density, and the like, and the cloud server can identify the type of food material in the microwave oven by matching the calculated density of the food material with the data stored in the cloud server.

Further, the cloud server stores relevant data of optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to different food materials, and the optimal heating time and heating mode suitable for the food materials to be heated in the microwave oven are obtained by matching the obtained food material types with the relevant information stored in the cloud server.

The first receiving module 530 is configured to receive the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material sent by the cloud server.

According to the microwave oven provided by the embodiment of the invention, the transmitting module transmits the acquired image information and weight information of the food material in the microwave oven to the cloud server to enable the cloud server to calculate the density of the food material, and further calculate the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, so that the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material are calculated according to the type of the food material, and the microwave oven is controlled to heat the food material according to the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material.

In order to identify the food material more accurately, in an embodiment of the present invention, the collecting module 510 may further be configured to obtain the odor of the food material, and the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the odor and the density of the food material sent by the sending module 520.

Specifically, an odor sensor is disposed in the microwave oven, and the collecting module 510 detects odor information of the food material through the odor sensor and sends the odor information to the cloud server through the sending module 520, so that the cloud server can further analyze the food material in the microwave oven.

It can be understood that a large amount of data related to various food materials is stored in the cloud server, and the data includes density and odor information of various food materials, and the odor and density information of the food materials sent by the sending module 520 are matched with the data stored in the cloud server to obtain the food material types of the food materials. It can be understood that the odor and the density of different food materials are different, and the odor and the density of the same food material made by different cooking modes are also different.

According to the microwave oven provided by the embodiment of the invention, the odor of the food material in the microwave oven is collected through the collection module, and the odor information is sent to the cloud server through the sending module, so that the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the odor and the density of the food material, and can more accurately identify the type (including a cooking mode and the like) of the food material in the microwave oven, thereby more accurately carrying out intelligent heating treatment on the food material according to the type of the food material, and further improving the user experience.

In order to enable a user to know the optimal heating time and the heating mode of the current food material more clearly and intuitively and enable the heated food material to meet the personalized requirements of the user, in the embodiment of the invention, the optimal heating time and the heating mode can be displayed on the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, an adjustment or confirmation instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and the heating mode is received, and the operation is started according to the adjusted or confirmed heating time and heating mode.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the microwave oven includes: an acquisition module 510, a transmission module 520, a first receiving module 530, a display module 540, a second receiving module 550, and a control module 560.

The display module 540 is configured to display the optimal heating time and heating mode received by the first receiving module 530.

Specifically, in an embodiment of the present invention, the microwave oven is provided with a screen or has a function of a voice broadcasting device, and the display module 540 may display the screen in a text form or broadcast the optimal heating time and heating mode of the current food material to the user in a voice manner.

The second receiving module 550 is used for receiving the adjustment or confirmation instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and heating mode.

Specifically, the second receiving module 550 may receive a user's adjustment or confirmation of the optimal heating time and heating mode on the smart screen of the microwave oven or by sending a voice command to the microwave oven or by corresponding operation on an application program controlling the microwave oven, in an embodiment of the present invention, the second receiving module 550 receives a user's adjustment command on the smart screen or the application program of the microwave oven, such as rejection, delay of heating process, and the like, and in addition, the second receiving module 550 may also receive a user's confirmation operation of the received optimal heating time and heating mode on the screen of the microwave oven or the application program controlling the microwave oven, so that the microwave oven starts to operate according to the optimal heating time and heating mode.

And a control module 560 for operating based on the heating time and the heating mode initiation after the confirmation or adjustment.

According to the microwave oven provided by the embodiment of the invention, the display module displays the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode on the microwave oven or an application program for controlling the microwave oven, and receives the confirmation or adjustment instruction of the user for the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode, so that the control module controls the microwave oven to heat the food material according to the adjusted or confirmed optimal heating time and optimal heating mode, the heated food material can better meet the personalized requirements of the user, and the user experience is further improved.

In an embodiment of the present invention, in order to enable the food material to be heated more appropriately, the collecting module 510 is further configured to collect an initial temperature of the food material when the food material is placed in the microwave oven and send the temperature to the cloud server through the sending module 520, so that the cloud server calculates an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type and the initial temperature of the food material.

Preferably, a temperature sensor may be provided in the microwave oven, and when a user puts food material into the microwave oven, the collecting module 510 may collect an initial temperature of the food material through the temperature sensor, and the transmitting module 520 transmits the initial temperature to the cloud server.

More specifically, the cloud server selects an optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, for example, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to a normal-temperature dish is different from a frozen dish, the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to a vegetable is different from meat, and the like.

According to the cooking control method of the microwave oven, the sending module sends the initial temperature of the food material collected by the collecting module when the food material is placed into the microwave oven to the cloud server so that the cloud server can further analyze the type of the food material, and therefore the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode corresponding to the food material can be more accurately selected according to the current state of the food material, the food material can be more appropriately heated, and user experience is further improved.

In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.

Any process or method descriptions in flow charts or otherwise described herein may be understood as representing modules, segments, or portions of code which include one or more executable instructions for implementing specific logical functions or steps of the process, and alternate implementations are included within the scope of the preferred embodiment of the present invention in which functions may be executed out of order from that shown or discussed, including substantially concurrently or in reverse order, depending on the functionality involved, as would be understood by those reasonably skilled in the art of the present invention.

The logic and/or steps represented in the flowcharts or otherwise described herein, e.g., an ordered listing of executable instructions that can be considered to implement logical functions, can be embodied in any computer-readable medium for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device, such as a computer-based system, processor-containing system, or other system that can fetch the instructions from the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device and execute the instructions. For the purposes of this description, a "computer-readable medium" can be any means that can contain, store, communicate, propagate, or transport the program for use by or in connection with the instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. More specific examples (a non-exhaustive list) of the computer-readable medium would include the following: an electrical connection (electronic device) having one or more wires, a portable computer diskette (magnetic device), a Random Access Memory (RAM), a read-only memory (ROM), an erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), an optical fiber device, and a portable compact disc read-only memory (CDROM). Additionally, the computer-readable medium could even be paper or another suitable medium upon which the program is printed, as the program can be electronically captured, via for instance optical scanning of the paper or other medium, then compiled, interpreted or otherwise processed in a suitable manner if necessary, and then stored in a computer memory.

It should be understood that portions of the present invention may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or a combination thereof. In the above embodiments, the various steps or methods may be implemented in software or firmware stored in memory and executed by a suitable instruction execution system. For example, if implemented in hardware, as in another embodiment, any one or combination of the following techniques, which are known in the art, may be used: a discrete logic circuit having a logic gate circuit for implementing a logic function on a data signal, an application specific integrated circuit having an appropriate combinational logic gate circuit, a Programmable Gate Array (PGA), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or the like.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that all or part of the steps carried by the method for implementing the above embodiments may be implemented by hardware related to instructions of a program, which may be stored in a computer readable storage medium, and when the program is executed, the program includes one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the present invention may be integrated into one processing module, or each unit may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one module. The integrated module can be realized in a hardware mode, and can also be realized in a software functional module mode. The integrated module, if implemented in the form of a software functional module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, may also be stored in a computer readable storage medium.

The storage medium mentioned above may be a read-only memory, a magnetic or optical disk, etc. Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A cooking control method of a microwave oven is characterized by comprising the following steps:

the method comprises the steps that a microwave oven collects image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and sends the image information and the weight information to a cloud server;

the cloud server calculates the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material;

the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density of the food material;

and the cloud server calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controls an application program of the microwave oven.

2. The cooking control method of a microwave oven as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

the microwave oven acquires the smell of the food material and sends the smell to the cloud server, wherein the cloud server calculates the type of the food material according to the density and the smell of the food material.

3. The cooking control method of the microwave oven as claimed in claim 1, wherein after the cloud server calculates the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sends the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven, the method further comprises:

displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode on a screen of the microwave oven or an interface of an application program controlling the microwave oven;

and the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven receives a confirmation or adjustment instruction of a user for the optimal heating time and heating mode, and starts to work according to the heating time and the heating mode after the confirmation or adjustment.

4. The cooking control method of a microwave oven as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

the method comprises the steps of collecting initial temperature of the food materials when the food materials are placed into the microwave oven and sending the initial temperature to the cloud server, wherein the cloud server calculates optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food materials according to the types of the food materials and the initial temperature.

5. A cooking control system of a microwave oven, comprising: a microwave oven and a cloud server, wherein,

the microwave oven is used for acquiring image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven and sending the image information and the weight information to the cloud server;

the cloud server is used for calculating the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material, calculating the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material, and sending the optimal heating time and heating mode to the microwave oven or controlling an application program of the microwave oven.

6. The cooking control system of the microwave oven according to claim 5, wherein the microwave oven is further configured to:

acquiring the smell of the food material and sending the smell to the cloud server; wherein,

the cloud server is specifically used for calculating the type of the food material according to the density and the smell of the food material.

7. The cooking control system of a microwave oven as claimed in claim 5, further comprising:

calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material by the cloud server, and displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode through the microwave oven or an application program controlling the microwave oven after the optimal heating time and heating mode are sent to the microwave oven or the application program controlling the microwave oven;

8. The cooking control system of the microwave oven according to claim 5, wherein the microwave oven is further configured to:

collecting the initial temperature of the food materials when the food materials are placed in the microwave oven and sending the initial temperature to the cloud server; wherein,

the cloud server is specifically used for calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the initial temperature.

9. A cloud server, comprising:

the acquisition module is used for acquiring image information and weight information of food materials in the microwave oven;

the first calculating module is used for calculating the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information of the food material;

the second calculating module is used for calculating the type of the food material according to the density of the food material;

the third calculating module is used for calculating the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material; and

and the transmitting module is used for transmitting the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material to the microwave oven or controlling an application program of the microwave oven.

10. The cloud server of claim 9, wherein said obtaining module is further to:

obtaining the smell of the food material; wherein,

the second calculating module is specifically used for calculating the type of the food material according to the density and the smell of the food material.

11. The cloud server of claim 9, wherein said obtaining module is further to:

acquiring the initial temperature of the food material when the food material is put into the microwave oven; wherein,

the third calculating module is specifically configured to calculate an optimal heating time and a heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the initial temperature.

12. A microwave oven, comprising:

the transmitting module is used for transmitting the image information and the weight information to a cloud server so that the cloud server can calculate the density of the food material according to the image information and the weight information, calculate the type of the food material according to the density of the food material, and calculate the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material;

the first receiving module is used for receiving the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material sent by the cloud server.

13. The microwave oven of claim 12, wherein the collection module is further configured to:

obtaining the smell of the food material; wherein,

the sending module is further used for sending the odor of the food material to the cloud server so that the cloud server can calculate the type of the food material according to the density and the odor of the food material.

14. The microwave oven as claimed in claim 12, further comprising:

the display module is used for displaying the optimal heating time and heating mode received by the first receiving module;

the second receiving module is used for receiving confirmation or adjustment instructions of the user for the optimal heating time and the optimal heating mode;

and the control module is used for starting to work according to the heating time and the heating mode after the confirmation or the adjustment.

15. The microwave oven of claim 12, wherein the collection module is further configured to:

collecting the initial temperature of the food material when the food material is put into the microwave oven; wherein,

the sending module is further used for sending the initial temperature to the cloud server so that the cloud server can calculate the optimal heating time and heating mode corresponding to the food material according to the type of the food material and the initial temperature.